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It produces the same result as the above.

Change the name and file extension if you want, by default stays as csv even though a different delimiter.

Change the ‘Save as type’ to ‘CSV (Comma delimited)(*.csv)’.

Open the Excel file you want to export to a pipe delimited file.

Find the List separator and change it from a comma to your preferred delimiter such as a pipe (|).

There are 5 columns and the data file has 5 data as well. You can run your loader against this flat file to load your data. The new file *.csv file is created which you can open using your favorite text editor like notepad++ to view it as comma separated file. If you don't, you just need to save your excel document file "save as type: CVS(Comma Delimited)(*.csv). We will discuss on converting excel file into a file that is database load ready and the problem we may encounter the csv file.Ĭonverting Excel into CSV (Comma Separated Value): This is an easy process which anyone can do it with few clicks.

Most database loads data from a flat file with fields separated by comma. The most frequently used file type in most organization today is Excel document.There are various issues with loading data from Excel as most database may not support the functionality directly where you may need to use some third party utility.

Hey, it does not hurt to ask the requester back in a format that you need to make your load process easier but you may or may not get what you have requested.

Importing and Exporting CSV and XML Files in PowerShell (windowsitpro.I WISH, the requester sends the data file in the format we want and then the load is done in few minutes.

This will fire up the Convert to Text Columns Wizard and you can then specify the delimiter – job done 🙂 Related articles

select the data tab on the tool bar ribbon.

Select the column with all the data by clicking in the column header.

I suspect you are like me and forget the formatting used in the file and just double click the CSV file and get presented with a single column of data ARRRGHHHH! No problem, Excel can do the conversion for you without having to close the file and start again.

Convert the file once it’s opened – see below.

Open Excel and then use file open to load the file – this will force the text import wizard to popup and then you can specify the delimiter to use.

If you find that when you open a csv file that has used the pipe delimiter all of the data is in column A, which is not what you wanted you can work around this using one of these two techniques: I have no idea why that’s the case but you can work around this. Related to my last post I discovered that Excel does not always open a CSV file and correctly determine the column breaks when you used the pipe delimiter.